CONTENTS. 



Armistice concluded at Steye?; Dec. 25 . . 273 



Treaty between the French and Batavian Republics . 276 



Convention between Russia and the Porte, respecting the Ex-venetian 

 Islands . . • . . 278 



Speech of His Swedish Majesty to his Diet, March 19 . 279 



Convention between the French Republic and the United States of 

 America ..... 282 



Treaty of commerce between the king of Prussia and the United 

 States of America . . . .290 



Speech of the President of the United States of America, in the Meet- 

 ing of Congress, Nov. 22 . . . . 298 



CHARACTERS. 



Particulars relating to the Inhabitants of the Kingdom of Birman ; 



from Symes's Account of his Embassy to Ava . . 302 



Ceremonial of the Presentation of the English Ambassador to the 



King of Birtnan ; from the same . . . 303 



The English Ambassador s Audience of leave ; from the same 304 

 Elevation of the House of Hapsburg , in the Person of Rudolph ; from 



Planta's History of the Helvetic Confederacy . . 305 



Account of the Emperor Rudolph's Death; from the same 308 



Parallel between the literary Characters of Fontenelle and la Motte ; 



from Dr. Aikin's Translation of D'Alembert's Eulogies ibid. 



Anticipation of the Posthumous Character of Sir Richard Steele, 



written during his Life by Dr. Rundle . .311 



Account of the Scotch Highlanders ; from Belsham's History of Great 



Britain from the Revolution to the Accession of the House of 



Hanover . . . , .313 



Introduction of Christianity into the Russian Empire from Tooke's 



History of Russia . . . .315 



Anecdotes of Mr. Robt. Bloonifield, Author of the Farmers Boy 318 

 Account of Mr. Robert Burns, the Ayrshire Ploughman, by himself, 



in a Letter to Dr. Moore . . . . 322 



Some Particulars of the Life of the late William Cowper, Esq. Author 



of the Task, extracted from a Sermon, preached an Occasion of his 



Death, by the Reverend Samuel Greathead . .331 



General Washington's Will . . . . 338 



Character of Marmontel, by Mallet du Pan ' . . 347 



Account of George Steevens, Esq- the Editor of Shakespeare 350 



Memoirs of the late Marquis de Bouille, an original Communication 354 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



Observations on the Effects which take Place from the Destruction of 

 the Membrana Tympani of the Ear, by Mr. Astley Cooper ; from 

 the Philosophical Transactions . . . 358 



Observations on the Signs exhibited by Animals indicative of Changes 

 in the Weather, by Signior Toledo . . . 362 



Account of a man luho livedtipon large Quantities of rawFlesh,inaLetter 

 from Dr. Johnston, Commissioner of sick and wounded, toDr.Blane 364 



Obsetvations respecting the Euxine ; from le Chevalier s Voyage to 

 the Propontis ..... 368 



